Wielkopolska Uprising Museum in Poznan

The area of present-day Greater Poland is a key area for the development of Polish statehood. It was here that the first settlements and strongholds were built, in which the local community was organized. The assembly of buildings around the central space is intended to remind of the origins of the Polish state — the castles and settlements in which the first society was formed. At the same time, it is an introduction to the exhibition, the introduction of which describes the territory of Polish statehood. The character of the museum is therefore created around the values that Ignacy Paderewski spoke about in his speech from 1918 — Polish identity built by a community of committed people. The subdivision of the building into several smaller blocks allows the whole establishment to be inscribed in the context of the park and the St Wojciech Hill. The urban layout of the designed object not onlycompetes with the historic church, but allows it to become part of the square. The monument towering on the hill becomes the dominant and direct referenceto the history of the place.

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